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Macrophage heterogeneity in atherosclerotic plaques.
Current opinion in lipidology - 1 Oct 2009
Johnson Jason L, Newby Andrew C
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The varied behaviour of macrophages and foam cells during atherosclerosis and its clinical sequelae prompt the question whether all these activities can be the property of a single cell population. RECENT FINDINGS: Subsets of monocytes with distinct patterns of surface markers and behaviours during inflammation have recently been characterized and shown to have complementary roles during...
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